Control one thing

“When it all gets a little fast and confusing, when my mind is swirling, I try to just focus on one thing to do well.”

I’ve been struggling a bit lately.

I feel like I have a thousand things on the go and like I’m not really moving forward with any of them. Just kind of perpetually spinning my wheels.

I am eternally curious and I love to dive into new subjects and ideas while the feeling is fresh but then I can neglect other important things that I’ve already begun.

This blog is one of those things.

This is something that I really want to work on and it has been weighing on my mind heavily over the last few weeks as I have slipped on the daily entries.

Tonight has been one of those nights. Tired and low motivation for my workout so I didn’t do much apart from warming up and wasting time, then this leads to chastising myself for not getting it done which compounds the poor mindset into the rest of my night. It quickly becomes a pitty party for all of the things that I’m not doing that I think I should or everything I haven’t accomplished.

It’s an ugly cycle if I don’t stop it so I asked myself what I would tell someone else experiencing the same thing? I would tell them to focus on one thing and do it well. Take back control of the thoughts in the mind that feel out of control in that moment by focusing solely on one little thing and really honing in on it. I would tell them that most of the time this would lead to calming the noise and coming out of the other side of that job with a clearer mindset and then I would encourage some journaling to break down the most active thoughts. This would help to work through them and regularly we would already know the answer when we get it down on paper and see it in front of us.

So after counselling my imaginary friend, I came and sat down to write this entry. This is my single focus right now and I’m at least attempting to do it well. This has helped me to focus in on the noise and find some calm. Now I can spend some time with my journal and work through some of the clutter.

I think the trick is knowing that nothing completely wins the war that we fight in our minds. What we can do is sharpen our swords, take up our shields and show up to each battle with a strategy to execute and a will to fight.

Pursue your potential

Dice